Anathem

Neal Stephenson

RRP: £18.99

Publisher: ATLANTIC BOOKS

Publication Date : 01/09/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Neal Stephenson moves to Atlantic Books, who will be doing much to publicise his latest wholly original novel. Breaking out from the science fiction genre, it is like a cross between Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" and the writings of H.G. Wells and Umberto Eco. His previous best known works include "Snowcrash" and "Cryptonomicon", and Mark Lawson, Christopher Brookmyre and Stephen Fry are known to be big fans.

Publisher's description:

Since childhood, Raz has lived behind the walls of a 3,400-year-old monastery, a sanctuary for scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians. There, he and his cohorts are sealed off from the illiterate, irrational, and unpredictable "saecular" world.

ISBN: 9781843549154